Kirsten Moler

Thesis Statement: William Shakespeare is known as one of the greatest authors’s of all time as proven by expanding of the English language, strides to bring medieval and classical literature to the modern literature we know today, and his influential plays.

1. no one knows Williams actually birthday
2. Anne Hathaway was 8 years older than Shakespeare
3. Anne was 3 months pregnant when they got married
4. many of Shakespeare's life facts are unknown
5. Shakespeare and him company built 2 global theaters
6. he never published any of his plays
7. all of Shakespeare's family were literature
8. born in 1956
9. Shakespeare was the eldest son of Mary Arden, the daughter of a local landowner
10. Very little is known about Shakespeare early life
11. When Shakespeare was 15, a woman from a nearby village drowned in the Avon. Her death was ruled accidental but it may have been a suicide
12. lived in Stradford
13. expanded expectations
14. influenced large numbers of poets
15. 2nd most quoted writer in history
16. introduced 2 main factors to poetry
17. wrote 38 plays
18. plays were divided into comedy, tragedy and history
19. plays were translated into the english language
20. preformed around the world

1. 240 words that appear in print in a play
2. invented common language we use today
3. Shakespeare was known in his day as a very rapid writer
4. Theater as we know it did not exist without Shakespeare
5. Theater later became the most commercial entertainment
6. he made new words by adding old words and new words together
7. he created words
8. since he is generally the most widely read playwright in the English language he has been used as an example about how to use English
9. the words Shakespeare created are still sometimes used in present day
10. many of the words Shakespeare created have been modified
11. Well knows around the world
12. Created many playwrights and poems
13. the English language quickly gained words from other languages due to wars
14. by the age of Elizabeth, English had become more used in other countries
15. many writers lacked the vocabulary to express ideas
16. Shakespeare would barrow/ adopt a word of phrase from other languages this was called neologizing
17. his expansion of the English language began as early as 1598
18. he was known for dignifying the language
19. many Shakespearean words and phrases were embedded in the English language
20. introduced new poetic and grammatical structures

1. many of his plays appeared in print
2. continually preformed around the world
3. translated into every major living language
4. wrote one and a half plays a year
5. member of a theater company
6. His preforming group was named one of London's finest
7. earned money in the theater company
8. made a lot of real estate purchases
9. found finical success in his life time
10. wrote 154 sonnets
11. preformed as an actor in plays
12. helped shape the English language
13. introduced new terms to English
14. invented new rules for grammar
15. at the time french and Latin were used in English
16. Shakespeare's plays changed how actors preformed
17. make new ways for actors to
18. died in 1616
19. in his will gave most possessions to his daughter
20. left the humanity a rich legacy

1. expanded expectations by proving what could be accomplished through characterization, plot, language and genre
2. influenced Charles Dickens
3. large number of Shakespearian quotes in Dickens writings
4. 25 of Dickens titles are drawn off Shakespeare's
5. influenced romantic poets
6. created blank verse
7. made the English language colorful and expressive
8. borrowed words from classical literature
9. to create words he would change nouns to verbs
10. his first plays were experimental
11. had a lot of talent
12. popular dramatist
13. first event was called " The Comedy of Errors"
14. when theaters closed because of plague William looked to nondramatic poetry
15. Shakespeare's poems were probably published during the time of the plague
16. William was never afraid to show emotion and ideas thats what made his poetry to appealing
17. by 1594 he fully engaged his career
18. became a successful writer for " The Lord Chamberlain's Men"
19. preformed in un-roofed theaters
20. required by law for the plays to be set outside the city limits